Install and update Automation 360 IQ Bot

This collection of topics guide you through the process of installing or setting up Automation 360 IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud.

Automation 360 IQ Bot On-Premises

Step 1: Pre-installation

Go to Automation Anywhere support site and download the Automation 360 IQ Bot On-Premises package:

A-People Downloads page (Login required)

Note: Automation 360 IQ Bot On-Premises uses a 3-node cluster to ensure high availability (HA).

High availability and disaster recovery overview

Review and verify the requirements and options before installing IQ Bot. This topic provides you with important information about the supported operating systems, hardware and software requirements, and the prerequisite steps you have to complete even before you begin the installation process.

IQ Bot installation prerequisites: Verify the hardware, software, and configuration required to install IQ Bot On-Premises.

Step 2: IQ Bot installation

Install IQ Bot using any of the following installation options:

Installing IQ Bot in Express mode: Install IQ Bot in Express mode with the default settings.
Installing IQ Bot in Custom mode: Use Custom mode to install IQ Bot with configuration details.
Installing IQ Bot in Cluster mode: Install IQ Bot in Cluster mode for improved throughput. IQ Bot supports clustering of up to five IQ Bot installations.
Installing IQ Bot in Cluster mode on Amazon EC2: Install IQ Bot in the cluster mode on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

Step 3: Post installation

After downloading IQ Bot, register with the Control Room and do the various configurations as required. You would also go through the checklist to ensure all services, databases, tables, and configuration settings are in place.

Postinstallation checklist: Verify that IQ Bot is installed, ensure that the IQ Bot services are running using the healthcheck APIs, and register IQ Bot with the Control Room.

Step 4 (optional): Install an OCR engine

During IQ Bot installation, the system sets the latest version of Tesseract Optical Character Reader as the default OCR engine. To use a different engine, follow the steps in the respective link:

Use Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR engine

Use ABBYY FineReader Engine OCR engine in IQ Bot

Use Google Vision API OCR engine

Use Tegaki API OCR engine

Step 5: Login and set up the Control Room

Create and register IQ Bot specific users in the Control Room. Learn more about IQ Bot roles and access permissions:

IQ Bot user personas and roles

Next: Connect to IQ Bot with the assigned user role, and begin creating learning instances

Automation 360 IQ Bot

Automation 360 IQ Bot Cloud deployed

Follow these steps to deploy and register as a user:

Step 1: Pre-installation: If you are your company's principal administrator and ordered Cloud deployed Automation 360 IQ Bot, you receive an email from Automation Anywhere with your URL and credentials.
Step 2: Log in to IQ Bot: To log in to Automation 360, open the Control Room URL in your browser, enter your credentials in the login screen, and click Log in.; Log in to Automation Anywhere Control Room
Step 3: Set up the Control Room: Create and register IQ Bot specific users in the Control Room. Learn more about IQ Bot roles and access permissions:; IQ Bot user personas and roles
Next: Connect to IQ Bot with the assigned user role, and begin creating learning instances: Go to the Control Room dashboard to access the IQ Bot URL link.; Automation 360 IQ Bot